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Email Addresses- If you aren't getting email from me then I don't have your address. Please email me your email address so I can update my list. Thank you to everyone who has updated their email addresses.
VOLUME 3 NUMBER 32 OCTOBER 2010
There is NO charge for attending the Western Washington Chapter of GPAA meetings and visitors are always welcomed.
Reminder: Please keep the talking down during the meetings so everyone can hear what is being said. Background talking makes it really hard for our older members to hear what is being said by the speaker.
Next regular meeting on
November 13, 2010
1:00 - 3:00 P.M.
Elim Lutheran Church
5911 East Hillcrest Drive
Port Orchard, WA 98366
Reminder
Before you take off for the hills on a planned event with -WWGPAA. Make sure to check the Website, Face book page, or call the outings Chairman or president Rob Matthews just to make sure there are no last minute changes to the plans. If you have any questions you can always contact Rob or the outings chairman Even though we try to keep our information current, last minute changes do happen.
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Coming soon to a creek near you!
Watch the www.wwgpaa.org website for further details!
New outings chairman Bob Nelson is digging through his maps, the GPAA claims guide and talking with fellow small scale prospectors to put together an exciting new outings schedule for 2011!
Do you have suggestions or ideas for Bob? He may be contacted at: braveheart59@ aol.com
WWGPAA November Program
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Video Geology Lessons:
*Fossils and earth history-The Eons and Eras
*Rock types
*Geomagnetism
How to read a river presentation: Prof. Ray Pierce
How do you determine meridian- Township -Range - Section when using the BLM website?
WWGPAA November Program
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Video Geology Lessons:
*Plate tectonics
*Recycling and Renewal
*Erosion
Weather and small scale prospector
How to file a claim with the bureau of land management
Charitable Tax Status Update 10/24/2010
The 501(c) 3 application process has begun with LegalZoom.com and will probably take another two to three weeks of work before the initial application is ready to be reviewed by their staff. Once the legal review process is complete and all the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service are satisfied, we will submit the application to the Internal Revenue Service with the $400 application fee.
Thanks to all of you who financially supported this venture
RUBE GOLDBERG CONTEST
Saturday November 13, 2010
*Perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways*
Your mission should you decide to accept it, is to build from scratch a functioning gold processing machine using materials from your home/garage.
This functioning "machine" must duplicate the actions of a gold pan, a screening device,sluice and a highbankerusing a gravity fed water supply. Battery operated pumps may be utilized.
New material cost may not exceed $10.00 US dollars
First prize $30 gift certificate
Second Prize $20 Gift Certificate
Third prize $10 Gift Certificate
Judging will be conducted by an honorable panel of three(3)
veteran prospectors.
All models will be displayed at the GPAA Gold Show in Puyallap in March 2011.
Joke of the MONTH - "Gold Prospectors never die - they just smell that way from dry-washing their clothes!"
Look what the El Paso chapter found! This was found in someone's tailing pile. Picture submitted by Chuck Story.
Officers and Board Members 2010-2011
Western Washington Chapter of the GPAA
President Robert S Matthews, Jr.
Vice-President: Lonny W. Meadows
Secretary:** Colleen Blackburn
Assistant Secretary:* Ann E. Matthews
Treasurer:** John S Dykstra
Assistant Treasurer:* Wayne Plemmons
Claims Chairman:* Richard Dusatko
Authorized Club Purchasing Agent:* John Dykstra
Contact Person for Club Information: Robert S Matthews Jr.
Equipment Manager:* Bela Kovacs
Outings Chair/Director:* Robert Nelson
Sergeant at Arms:* Jeffery Berdar
Board Member:** Gene G Reed
Board Member:** Richard Markovits
Board Member:** Barbara Kovacs
Board Member:** Dannie DeForrest
Board Member:** Jeffery Berdar
Chapter Christmas Party
December 4th
1:00 PM -4:00 PM
Elim Lutheran Church
5911 East Hillcrest Drive
Port Orchard, WA 98366
RSVP
colleenblackburn818@msn.com
Prospecting Tips and Tricks Prospecting and locating Gold
Geologists estimate only 5% of Earth's Gold has been found!
1. Do your homework! Start by going to the library and look into the history of where you plan to go on your prospecting vacation. The mineral bearing areas of every state have been well defined over the last 300 years or so. Gold has been found in varying amounts in every state in the union!
2. Study up on the geology of the area, look at the map. Find the streams and creeks that flow out from the gold bearing areas. Look for historic mines noted on the map. USGS topo maps, quad maps, are detailed enough to take you to the right place. Some of them haven't been updated in quite a long time so be sure to check the date and perhaps look for a detailed topographic map that is newer. DeLorme has a great series of maps that work for this quite well. GPS coordinates are very helpful as technology works for the prospector!
3. Use the Internet to find out current information on the areas you plan to visit. Look into joining a club and share in the member benefits. As a member many clubs and organizations will allow you access to proven gold claims. Forums and chat rooms are also great places to get educated in the fine art of prospecting.
4. Get out on the stream and look for the "signs". Gold is very dense and heavy compared to about everything else. Look for a bend in the stream or a rock that creates an eddy. Gold being heavy will collect in these areas. As the water slows around the bend or behind the rock, the gold drops out of the current.
5. Gold, silver and platinum are deposited as an intrusion by volcanic pressures into fissures in harder material such as granite. Gold is associated with quartz because the same geologic forces are necessary to create both. Look for orange to yellow stains created by iron and copper oxides. These oxides are what create the "black sand", and being heavy, will be mixed in where you find the gold. Water and weathering erode the deposits and the gold being dense works its way down to the lowest levels ultimately sitting on the bedrock. Look for places where the stream has cut down to the bedrock.
6. Glaciers eroding the mountain sides took the ore deposits and ground them up as they slowly slid down the valleys. These placer deposits have been historically the best place to find "free" or loose gold.
7. False bedrock... a layer of clay or dense material will act as a false bedrock and the gold won't penetrate that layer. Dig down to and then "skim" material from the top of that layer. Moss and roots will act as a trap for fine gold and small nuggets. Wash this material gently and thoroughly and replant it alive where you found it. Always fill in your holes, don't undercut trees and brush.*
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Blue Bucket Outing 2010
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Link to Universal Class Geology Class Video
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